The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-07-28
Mrs. Yount, mother of the widow OF
the late Gov Letcher, died in Lexington

,teel and mine coal at BramWeil, w. ID.
Preparations have been made at ROAM
ike for the accommodation Of six hundred
delegates to the Democratic Convention.
Mrs. Don, 2, Halsey, of Iynchburg, has
been elected lady superintendent OF the
State Normal school at FarmVille. Mrs.
Halsey is sister of United States Senator
John w. Daniel.
West Virginia is the latest claimant for
honors as a gold field. A deposit in which
the rock is sid to show ten ounces to the
ton is said to have been discovered some
miles from Wheeling
1t is understood from a reliable source
that since the first day OF January last up
wards of $4,000 i'll coupons have either
been received into the State treasury or
rendered in payment for liquor and other
licenses,
F. Is. Hurt 81 Co., of Abingdon, have
sold their real estate in that place, To Il
New York improvement company for
SOC, 900, w. b. Ingham Il Co. have also
sold their real estate at the same place for
$I1 900.
The mechanical department OF the East
Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia Railroad
are experimenting with a new smoke pre-
venting device for locomotives, with pros
pect of accomplishing much for the relief
of railway travellers.
Holmes r. Puryear. who is to be hanged
at Prince George Court House on the 18th
of August next, for the murder OF his wife,
says that he will make a statement from
the gaIlowS, in which he will proclaim to
the world that he is an innocent man.
1t was ascertaned at the State Depart
ment of Education that the examination
for Virginia Peabody scholarships in the
Nashville Normal College will take place
at the Farmvile, Fredericksburg, Stras
burg and Pearisburg summer Institutes
Virginia is entitled to eight students al
the Nashville Normal College the next ses
sion.
A gent lrman interested in the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railroad, says the dry
dock and other extensive improvement!
at Newport News, the eastern terminus
of that road, are in rapid process of con
struction, and that Mr.. Huntington is al
ready negotiating for the purchase O
another fast line of steamers to 1un be
tween that port and Liverpool.
Mrs. Elmina ID. Slinker, Of Snowyille
Pulaski county. who was indicted i'll Thu
United States District Court, i'll A5ing
don, last week. for depositing obscene mat
ter in the mails, has been bailed in the sun
of $1,000 for her appearance at the mex
term of :. the court, her husband giviu'
bond. Her friends in the North hav
raised $1,000 to employ counsel to assis
in her defense.
Prof. Noah Davis, of Virginia, in hi
lecture at Chautauqua, N. y, Saturday
on Practical VS.. Liberal Education. +" de
nounced business colleges and othe
shops" for turning out men to order. II
compared this to the profession of dwarf
ing and distOrting practiced in China
The world will move on, however, just TIL
same, and the practically" educated boy
will continue to Outstrip their Liberal
competitors.
The grand jury of Winchester has in
dicted promint Mt lsraelite merchant, N
Kohn. and his niece. Emma Frankel, VIII
were married by Rabbi Phillopson, of Ha
Sim Tabernacle, in Baltimore. on June q
and returned to Winchester to reside
The State law forbids the marriage in tn
State of parties thus connected or, havln
been mari led. from retui ming to reside a
IMAM and wife The penalty is heavy lin
and Imprisonment. Eminent counsel ha
been engaged by Kohn.
The death of Col. Lewis E. Harvie
which occurred at his home in Ameli
county last week, removes one of the pun
est and best sons Virginia has ever known
During his long and useful life he hat
filled many public positions, and Away
with credit to himself and the trust h
represented. He was strong man; stron
in character, in brain. and in the perform
once of every duty imposed upon him.
Would that in this day of her trial the oil
State could rally such defenders as Levi
E. Haryie.
At meeting of the directors of the vi
ginia Construction Company, heldin Rich
mond Thursday, arrangements were mad
fol- pushing ahead the construction of th
road from Memphis to Jackson. Th
officers elected were:J. B. Pace. president
7. e. Leake. jr., vice-presldent and geners
manager; E. ID. Christian, second vice
president: R. H. Temple, chief engineer
8. b. Snead, secretary, and Paul l.. Jones
treasurer. A contract was directed to
made with the Tennessee Midland Raj
way Company for the construction of it
road, 1876 miles. to be completed fror
Memphis to Jackson by January next, an
to Tennessee river by next spring.
The citizens of Washington City ar
preparing to give EXGoy. A. r. Shepherd
after a seven years absence royal recep
ton as soon as the condition of his healtl
will allow it.. He left Washington sever
wears, under financial cloud and the cen
sure of good many of the wealthy mel
of that city. because Of the comprehen
sive plans of improvement he inaugurate(
and effected in the city. Then The money
bags denounced the tax the improvements
imposed. But now, when the benefits
arising from the improvements are real
lied, he is to he rewarded with blessing:
rather than curses. He converted Wash
ington from swamp into the most beau
tiful city in the world.
Washington Republican,: Simeon Cox
chairman Of the county Democratic com
mittee of Indianapolis; John E. Sullivan
county clerk, and nine other Democratic
workers, were indicted for frauds i'll Thu
elections of 1885. Cox, as test case, APP
piled to Justice Harlan for writ of ha
beas corpus on the ground that he was in
dicted in United State court for violat
ing State law. Justice Harlan refused
ths writ, holding that the indictment wa
properly found, any offense against TIN
State laws constituting an offense aeains
the United States at an election when Con
eressmen are chosen. The trial will be
gin before Judge Woods this week, and
the Indianapolis election thieves may Ii